By Faith

Hebrews 11:30
30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

Can you imagine a wall that surrounded a city falling after a nation of people marched around it seven times a day for seven days? Joshua had taken over the role as leader of the Israelites. God told him they were going to take possession of the land. Basically, God was going to give them the land after they followed a few short instructions. The Israelites and especially their leader, Joshua, had to believe that no matter how much sense it didn't make, it was necessary to follow God's instructions. The priests sounded the trumpet on that finally day and the wall came down. The walls back then were not like the flower water walls that are put up in a matter of days now. The walls of Jericho were solid. The miracle of the wall falling is great indeed but the example of moving in faith based on God's instructions is also great. The Israelites certainly wanted their promise but in order to get to their promise they had to be willing to follow God. They had to be willing to do something that seemed strange to a man's natural eye. But they didn't have to battle. All they had to do was march around it and the priests were to sound the trumpet. God moved out of their willingness to finally be attentive and walk in faith. When is the last time God told you to do something that didn't make sense to a man's natural eye? When is the last time you did anything by faith? What was the result?